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//**Lithium(Li) **//

__//**Properties of Lithium **//__ v Atomic Number:  3 v Atomic Mass:  6.941 v Solid v Metal v Alkali

Date of Discovery: ** 1817  **//Lithium was discovered in 1817 by Johann Arfvedson who was a scientist. By the mid-1800 there was a disease called "Mania" and that is when lithium made its first mark in history.Scientist discovered that a solution of lithium carbonate could dissolve stones made of urate which help explain the variety of disease like mania and depression. The first recorded use of lithium for the treatment of mania, based in part on the urate/lithium connection, was 1871. Then years later, the first use of Pills to help prevent depreission.Soon the public learned about lithium, great interest in this mineral led to the use of mineral-rich spring waters in spas, baths, and beverages,they even used it to substtute for salt.Soon after they start to receive reports of severe lithium side effects, and some deaths.In Austrilia there was a doctor named John Cade he began treating patients with mania using lithium in (1948).He soon that high dosages of Lithium wasn't good for the human body.Through further research he found out that with careful attention to dosages and blood concentration, the effect of lithium for patients with bipolar disorder was slowly established. it was approved by the for the treatment of mania in 1970.//**
 * __//Discovery/History//__
 * Discoverer:** Johann Arfvedson
 * Name Origin:** From the Greek word //lithos// (stone)
 * Uses:** batteries, ceramics, lubricants
 * Obtained From:** passing electric charge through melted lithium chloride, spodumene
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 * __Common Items/Uses__**

// Lithium hydroxide is an efficient and lightweight purifier of air in confined areas like submarines and Spacecrafts,but too much concentration of this can be dangerous. //

// Lithium deuteride was the fuel of choice in early versions of the Hydrogen Bombs.

Lithium Hydoxide when heated with soap will thicken oils and is used many beauty products.

Its used in Batteries such as Lithium packed Energizer Bunny Battreies.

Lithium is also used in pills for migranes,mania and depressions.

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